to the budget, i think first of all have to understand that -- and i'll speak slowly so all the lib cals out there understand. when the next congress is gaveled in, two-thirds of our income is fixed and stunted. republicans are asking for a reduction in government spending. there has never been a liberal progressive a democrat that can find any issue, especially social issues that need to be cut back. it's just not in their genes. that's how we established $16 trillion in debt. of course you can include george bush and his compassion nate conservativism which gave us a true trillion dollars, and then of course we have the president whose george bush on steroids when it comes to spending. now the problem overall is unless this country comes to grips with the fact that we can't afford all these social issues at the level that we're spending, this country is not going to go down the cliff, they're going to go down the drain. host: that was howard in california. danny says the reason we have a spending problem is because the rich investor class has created a low wage for free trade. host: he